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Aquinas at prayer : the Bible, mysticism and poetry / Paul Murray OP.

By: Murray, Paul, 1947- [author.]Description: xii, 275 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781441107558; 144110755XSubject(s): Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 | Prayer -- ChristianityDDC classification: 248/.32 LOC classification: BX4700.T6 | M87 2013
Contents:
Part 1. Aquinas: man of prayer : -- 1. The interior life of a 'mystic on campus' -- 2. Four prayers: the influence of Humbert of Romans -- Part 2. Prayer considered: soundings in the biblical commentaries : -- 3. Aquinas as exegete -- 4. Prayer in practice: Aquinas on St Paul -- 5. Praying in time of need: Aquinas on the Psalms -- Part 3. Poet of the eucharist: the hymns and canticles of Aquinas : -- 6. A poet in the making -- 7. 'Corpus Christi': authorship and history of composition -- 8. Aquinas on poetry and theology -- The individual hymns and canticles -- 9. Adoro te devote: the finest prayer of Aquinas
Summary: Aquinas at Prayer draws attention to important aspects of Aquinas's life and work which have been all too often overlooked or forgotten. Today Aquinas is almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that Aquinas was, first and last, a teacher of the Bible -- a Master of the Sacred Page. Moreover there is a distinctly mystical character to his theology. And, as a writer, he was not only a poet but, arguably, the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages. The primary focus of this most engaging new book is to explore the question of Aquinas's own practice of prayer and his teaching on prayer in his commentaries on the Psalms and St Paul. The book is strengthened by quotations from Aquinas in fresh translations.
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"A Continuum book"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Aquinas: man of prayer : -- 1. The interior life of a 'mystic on campus' -- 2. Four prayers: the influence of Humbert of Romans -- Part 2. Prayer considered: soundings in the biblical commentaries : -- 3. Aquinas as exegete -- 4. Prayer in practice: Aquinas on St Paul -- 5. Praying in time of need: Aquinas on the Psalms -- Part 3. Poet of the eucharist: the hymns and canticles of Aquinas : -- 6. A poet in the making -- 7. 'Corpus Christi': authorship and history of composition -- 8. Aquinas on poetry and theology -- The individual hymns and canticles -- 9. Adoro te devote: the finest prayer of Aquinas

Aquinas at Prayer draws attention to important aspects of Aquinas's life and work which have been all too often overlooked or forgotten. Today Aquinas is almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that Aquinas was, first and last, a teacher of the Bible -- a Master of the Sacred Page. Moreover there is a distinctly mystical character to his theology. And, as a writer, he was not only a poet but, arguably, the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages. The primary focus of this most engaging new book is to explore the question of Aquinas's own practice of prayer and his teaching on prayer in his commentaries on the Psalms and St Paul. The book is strengthened by quotations from Aquinas in fresh translations.